Afroman broke into the scene with his 2001 hit song, “Because I Got High”. For Afroman, the most important thing, both in creating the music and sharing it with fans, is that he and his audience are having fun. “Music was really made for a good time,” he notes, adding that key influences include classic hip-hop heroes like Too Short, DJ Quik and 2 Live Crew. “Nowadays, most Los Angeles rappers want to kill you, which is natural, because it’s LA, and a lot of those dudes are gang members who’ve come off the street. Well, I don’t really care about this guy trying to kill me in the verse; I just like the funk he’s rapping to. So on AFROHOLIC … THE EVEN BETTER TIMES, I decided to fillet all the bullshit. I tried to get rid of all the hostility and animosity out there that usually goes with the funk, and just rap with clever, uplifting lyrics.”